My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

Everyone agreed that Strategist Jia's words made sense.

They must acquire the weapons in Zhou Jun's possession as soon as possible, manufacture a batch, and use them to fight against him.

Otherwise, they will be at a disadvantage.

Cai Junshi frowned and pondered for a moment before saying, "General, the best course of action now is for us to find out how the Zhou army suddenly acquired such powerful weapons."

As far as I know, we haven't seen any other Zhou troops with this weapon along our journey. Only when we reached Jiangzhou... Jiangzhou is the fiefdom of King Rui of Zhou. Could it be that this weapon is exclusively possessed by King Rui?

If it is exclusive to Prince Rui, then they can make a fuss about it.

General Yao understood his meaning and quickly arranged for people to disguise themselves as commoners of the Great Zhou Dynasty to inquire about information in Hongdu.

Then, they discussed how to resolve the predicament in the military.

As early as the second day after their supplies were burned, General Yao wrote to the court requesting supplies, but the court has not sent any supplies yet, so they have to find their own way.

Military Advisor Jia's intention was clearly to attack the cities of Zhou. Once the cities of Zhou were captured, the food problem could be temporarily solved.

But the problem now is that they can't crack Jiangzhou, which is a tough nut to crack. Since they can't crack this nut, they'll try a different one.

Military Advisor Jia suggested taking a detour to attack Jingzhou instead.

Cai Junshi was the first to object, saying, "If we go to attack Jingzhou, our current forces will be divided into two groups. If the Zhou army takes advantage of our attack on Jingzhou to launch a surprise attack on us."

We are bound to lose our city now, and then we will be attacked from both sides. How should our army respond?

The strategist Jia said, "The kings of Zhou are at odds and will inevitably be wary of each other. When we attack Jingzhou, it will be just like now, with the other sides holding their own troops tightly."

Cai Junshi shook his head, still believing that doing so was too risky and did not recommend that General Yao act in this way.

After careful consideration, General Yao finally decided to follow Strategist Jia's advice and attack Jingzhou first to seize some supplies.

*

The alarm clock rang, and Ji Yunshuang slowly opened her eyes. Her face was pale, and her chest rose and fell slightly.

She only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the cozy furnishings of the room and realized it was her own bedroom.

She just had a dream. She dreamt that the world had turned into an apocalypse, filled with zombies and humans whose bodies were possessed by insects. These people surrounded her, revealing evil smiles…

She suddenly missed her daughter terribly, wanting to hug her and kiss her soft little face.

She needs to go back immediately.

Ji Yunshuang sat up abruptly on the bed and quickly left the space.

At this time, it was already dark.

The torrential rain had turned into a light drizzle.

Seeing Ji Yunshuang get up, a maidservant quickly came to serve her, saying, "Master, you were resting just now, so we didn't dare to disturb you. However, I left the food on the stove to keep it warm. Would you like the food brought up now?"

Ji Yunshuang was eager to go home and didn't want to eat. She shook her head and said, "No need. I have to leave for a while. Please take good care of the wounded and the children left here."

The maidservant hurriedly replied, "Don't worry, master, we will certainly do our best and take good care of our two masters."

Ji Yunshuang didn't correct her. She looked her over and noticed that her posture was a bit strange, so she asked, "Are you hurting your back?"

The maid said, "It's nothing, she's just getting old and these are all old ailments."

Thinking back to the scene earlier today when she asked them to help move Li Zhaoshi, Ji Yunshuang suspected that she had twisted her back at that time.

She said, "Wait a moment."

After saying that, she went into the room, poured some of the medicinal wine for bruises and sprains into a porcelain bottle, took it out and handed it to the maid, saying, "This is medicine for treating back injuries. You can take it and use it."

The maidservant hurriedly tried to kneel down to express her gratitude, but Ji Yunshuang supported her and prevented her from kneeling, saying, "Your back is injured, please take good care of yourself."

The maid was so moved she almost cried, "Thank you for your trouble, master."

Ji Yunshuang didn't say anything more. She turned and went to the stable. Just as she was about to hitch up the carriage, Steward Tong hurriedly ran over to help, saying, "Master, are you going out? I'll drive for you."

Apart from the steward and a few older female servants, there were no other servants or young men in this manor.

"No need. I'm going to a far place and may not be back for a while. Just continue to manage the affairs of the estate as before."

As Ji Yunshuang spoke, she suddenly remembered the Jiang family. She had wanted to bring the Jiang family back to Jiangzhou to settle down because she was worried that what she had done would implicate the Jiang family and put them in danger.

But now that Ningcheng has been burned down and the whereabouts of Prince Duan are unknown, Ningxingzhou will soon be in chaos, and for the time being, no one should be able to find the Jiang family.

So she gave the address of the Jiang family to Steward Tong, asking him to go to Dazhu Village, bring the Jiang family over, and settle them in the manor.

Under the cover of the bundle, she took out two bags of medicine from her spatial storage and gave them to Steward Tong, saying that these were medicines she had prepared in advance for Gou Dan, and that he should give them to the Jiang family later.

After making the arrangements, Ji Yunshuang jumped into the carriage and drove it out of the manor.

The steward and servants of the estate saw her off.

As the carriage drove away, someone remarked, "Our new employer is truly something else."

"Indeed, all those nobles in Ningcheng are surrounded by servants. She, a woman, doesn't even have a coachman. It's too dangerous for her to go out in the rain so late."

The maid who had just received Ji Yunshuang's medicinal wine couldn't help but whisper a prayer to the heavens: "Gods and immortals, please protect our mistress! She's a good person!"

Those who were abandoned in the remote mountain village were essentially people abandoned by their master.

Most employers wouldn't hire older women who were left over from the previous employer.

In this kind of world, if they were driven away, they would be forced to beg for food. But this new employer not only didn't drive them away, but also, noticing her back pain, gave her some medicinal wine to treat it…

What a rare and wonderful person!

Ji Yunshuang didn't know what the manor's stewards and servants were talking about. Once they reached a secluded spot, she put the carriage into her spatial storage and rode Tianrui towards Jiangzhou.

Recently, Tianrui has grown much bigger and is now running much faster than before.

As dawn broke, Ji Yunshuang arrived at Shuanghe Village.

The Lu family's house was built at the foot of the mountain. When Tianrui brought her back to the Lu family from the mountain, no one in the village noticed.

Lu Yanqi, who was out exercising early in the morning, immediately noticed Ji Yunshuang.

Upon seeing the sudden appearance of a person and a tiger, he stopped what he was doing and exclaimed in surprise, "Mother!"

"Is Mother back?" Hearing her brother's voice from inside the room, Lu Yuzhu immediately opened the door and ran out. Upon seeing Ji Yunshuang, she threw herself into her arms.

"Mother, Zhuzhu missed you so much." Lu Yuzhu said happily, "You're finally back."

Holding her adorable daughter, Ji Yunshuang's mood improved unconsciously. She picked her up, kissed her soft cheek, and said, "Why are you up so early?"